tight smiles in the elevator?It has been a while since i have posted about active listings (even without identifying them). I suspect that it would be less than interesting to read many Manhattan Loft Guy posts that said, in essence,…
Year: 2010
another loft in New York Times, another inexpensive renovation, with 400 shoes
more shores shoes in basement storage!Wasn’t it just the other day that I wondered whether the New York Times, in fact, disproportionately represented Manhattan lofts in living/design pieces, or whether I just happened to notice the instances in which it…
Non-Sequitor Of The Day from Observation of New York housing market panel
huh??The New York Observer ran a short (7 sentence) piece on November 4 about a panel discussion with New York residential real estate developers and a Bloomberg reporter, Henry Elghanayan ‘Frightened’ By Midterm Elections. There’s not much room in 7…
the happy (true!) story about that Pearline Soap loft sold at 20% “loss” as massive triplex assembled
not really a loss, but this gets complicatedThe fact that a deed was filed transferring the 2nd floor at 414 Washington Street (Pearline Soap) on October 14 for $3mm the same day the same LLC paid $1.6mm for the 1st…
Tagged with: 2008, Cop, Curbed, Duplex, Laight, Neighbors, New Development, Ny Post, Pearline, Washington
that bento box loft in Noho also provides a Quote Of The Day
double duty is fittingOne owner of the newly renovated loft profiled in today’s New York Times warmed the Manhattan Loft Guy heart with this Quote Of The Day: “we usually turn that function off,” [she] said. “It makes most Americans…
Tagged with: 1997, Architect, Bento, Bond, Noho, Ny Times, Renovation, Shoji, Square Feet, Teenagers
the square footage dilemma: REBNY “leads” by protecting brokers, not buyers
leadership? not so muchIt’s the day after Election Day* so you will read a lot about Leadership today all over the inter-tubes. But you won’t find any other “pundit” talking today about Leadership in the context of REBNY and one…
Tagged with: Architect, Commercial, Heddings, Measurement, Offering Plan, Rebny, Square Feet, Standards
small loft at 476 Broadway closes at $1,107/ft, in normal range
current, but not “news”The recent sale fo Manhattan loft #8M at 476 Broadway (October 20, at $1.44mm) probably falls into the dog-bites-man category, but we were just in this building last week to visit a pop-up contract (Oct 25, pop-up…
no listing, but VERY motivated buyer for O’Neill loft at 655 Sixth Avenue greases a move to Tribeca
indeed, a unique buyerSometimes there’s a story you can figure out about a Manhattan loft that sells without having been offered publicly through a real estate brokerage. And sometimes there’s a story you can figure out about an anomalous sale.…
Tagged with: Arms Length, Classic, Combination, Comp, Jay, Neighbor, New Development, Oneill, Sixth, Trade
why would bully developer sucker punch a fact-based blogger about Chelsea rowhouse renovation?
no punches thrown in a while; is the bully tired? or satisfied?I saw this kerfluffle reported on Curbed way back in August, but I was on vacation in California then and the story looked to be still developing. Since then…
Tagged with: Anonymous, Architakes, Building Code, Defamation, Landmarks, Lawsuit, New York Post, Public Relations
Saturday diversion: who is THAT guy?
a pre-Halloween ghoul[oops! posted it without the title; now fixed]Today’s hat tip goes to NY1’s Pat Kiernan, who was on my TV early Wednesday morning with a story about a painted portrait. I may have been watching while standing in…
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